Has anyone else ever heard that 70s/80s actor Wesley Eure (Days Of Our Lives, Land of The Lost) was actually cast to play Keith in a fifth season of The Partridge Family, but the show was cancelled? I always thought they knew early on that the fourth season would be the last (despite Danny's dramatic telling of showing up for work to learn "The Partridge Family doesn't live here anymore"). Surely the fact that a second album wasn't released in the fourth season was a sign.

Anyway, I did a search of the word "Eure" here on the board, and I didn't get any results, so I wonder if this has been discussed before.

I've only heard this once before -- recently. Not from any "official" source connected with the show, though. (It may have been his MySpace page, which a friend forwarded to me.) Every time I've asked anyone associated with the show, they never gave much importance to the idea of replacing the Keith character, because the show was over in it's fourth year. That doesn't mean they didn't entertain the idea earlier though, because they knew DC was planning on leaving since Season 1 when he renegotiated his contract.

But, of all the names I've heard were being considered, Wesley's makes the most sense (to me). He's short in stature, like DC and would have fit into the family visual dynamic much better than someone like Rick Springfield (who, at 6'1" would have towered over everybody except Reuben). Also, he can sing and already had exposure in the teenybopper magazines from his stint on "Land of the Lost."

I was at a party a few years ago at Wesley's house in Burbank, before he moved to Palm Springs. He hosted a birthday party for a mutual friend. Too bad I didn't know this info then -- it would have been fun to bring up. Although I didn't really discuss his career with him, other to compared "notes" since we were both in animation. (Plus, he was in a live-action feature that Hanna-Barbera produced that co-starred Valerie Bertinelli.) I mean, I knew who he was, but figured this was a party and he's not there to draw attention.

Wasn't Wesley up for a role as Bea Arthur's son on Golden Girls? If not, that would still qualify him as a "friend of Dorothy's" wouldn't it, Scott? (or am I being too subtle, here!) You would be the FIRST to accuse me of being subtle!

Speaking of Dot's pals, I remember John David Carson well from a classic episode of Taxi, where he tried to pick up Tony Danza! I recall that episode won a Humanitas Award for portraying the gay lifestyle in a dignified way (they obviously hadn't watched the episode right through to the end, where Judd Hirsch did a dance in a gay bar that embarrassed both gays and straights equally)! I guess if it was equal humiliation, there was no harm, no foul, so it qualified for the Humanitas!

Interesting post script to Wesley Eure's bio: he has now "come out" and claims he was fired from Days Of Our Lives because of his homosexuality. Imagine how history would have changed had he been Keith Partridge and come out later. It may have made a lot of people think about their attitudes a lot earlier.

These days, it seems less and less likely that people feel they need to hide their sexuality, although it does still happen (I can think of a few people who still hide the fact that they're gay). I guess girls wouldn't swoon over a Jonas brother (hypothetically) if they knew he was gay (although more boys would swoon, I suppose).

Any thoughts? I'm not gay, so my opinions and thoughts might be off the mark. I can't relate, because if I found out today that Susan Dey was gay, that would only make her hotter to me.

I caught an episode of the old "Land of the Lost" and if there was any truth in Wesley being considered a replacement for DC, he sure had that perfect look with those dreamy eyes and great head of hair thing going on... but I think the show ended at the right time....you can't replace DC..